Kite



May 23, 195o RQ M. cQx

KI'TE Filed May 25',"- 1949 Ramsey M COAX Patented May 23, Y1950 Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KITE Ramsey M. Cox, Avoca, Tex. Application May 25, 1949, serial No. 95,298

10 Claims. l This invention relates to new and useful improvements in kites.

One object of the invention is to provide a kite inculcating certain improvements and variations with respect to my U. S. Patent No. 2,479,473 of August 16, 1949.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a cord frame, to which the membrane or cover is secured, which frame includes loops engaging the ends of the cross sticks, said loops being maintained by clips in which the cord of the frame is secured; the clips being free of engagement with the sticks in contra-distinction to my co-pending application, supra.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved kite having a cord frame including stick-engaging loops maintained by clips, with a cord bridle having its ends secured in the clips, whereby its pull is transmitted to the loops.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the following specication and by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Fig. l is a rear elevation of a kite constructed in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a front or face elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the loop and clip formation at the point D,

Fig. 4 is a similar view at the point A,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of one of the clips, and

Fig. 6 is a section view of the center portion of the stick frame.

In the drawings the numeral Ill designates the membrane or cover of the kite, which may be made out of any suitable material and has the usual six-pointed or gener-a1 star shape. The kite frame is composed of two upright sticks II and I 2, respectively, and a cross stick I3 crossing at a common point in the upper medial portion of the kite and connected by a pin or brad I4, as is shown in Fig. 6. This arrangement permits the frame to he collapsed and all of the sticks swung into alinement, one with the other, as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The outer ends of the sticks are formed with notches I5 (Fig. 4) as is common in this art.

The membrane it is folded over and secured around a cord frame, indicated generally by the numeral I6, by pasting or in any other suitable manner. The membrane is formed with gaps I'I whereby the cord frame is exposed so as to be engaged with the ends of the sticks. Whereas, in my former application, the sticks were engaged with clips, in the present application the ends of the cross stick I3 are merely notched and engaged with the cord, while clips I8 are employed to form loops I9 which are engaged in the notches I5 in the ends of the sticks I I and I2.

While the clips may be formed in any suitable way, it ,is preferable to make them similar to the clip in my former application by employing a jacket or rectangular piece I9A of paper, such as wrapping paper, and to glue or otherwise secure to one face thereof, a lining 20 of coarse, mesh fabric, such as cheese cloth, for the purpose of reinforcing the clip, as well as to provide a rough, inner surface when the piece of paper is folded upon itself. A gob or patch 2| of plastic material is deposited in the central portion of the lining so that when the paper is folded, the plastic will adhere to the fabric lining and secure the clip together, the cord of the frame I6 being embedded in the gob of plastic. It is desirable to use a plastic which may be applied in a molten state and which will dry in the form of a hard plastic; ordinary sealing wax having been found satisfactory for this purpose.

One of the important features of invention resides in the formation of the cord frame I6, the loops I9, a bridle 23 and a tail hanger 24, from a single length of cord or string. As an aid to the description, the six points of the kite struc ture will be indicated by the letters A, B, C, D, E and F, starting with the upper left hand point. at the upper end of the stick I2 and arranged clockwise around the kite, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Starting at the point A, the end of the cord, indicated generally by the numeral 25, has its end embedded in the gob 2l of the clip IB at said point A. The cord extends from the point A to the loop I9 at the point B where it passes through the gob 2l of the clip. The cord then passes the point C and through the notch I5, to the gob 2 I of the clip at point D where it is formed into a loop I9 as is shown in Fig. 3, and then is carried across to the point E and formed into a loop in the clip I8. From this point the cord is extended up through the point F to the gob of the clip at point A where the other upper loop I9 is formed, as is shown in Fig. 4. This completes the frame I6. The cord is then carried downwardly and looped at the loop 2B, thence to the gob 2| of the clip I t at the point D, thence across to the gob 2l of the clip I8 at point E to form 3 the tall hanger 24 and thence upward to loop 2'! and nally to the clip I8 at point B. The loops 26 and 21 are tied together at 28 to complete the bridle 23.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the membrane l is not connected to the sticks, although it is attached to the cord frame. The clips provide means for forming the cord frame, the bridle and the hanger in a simple and inexpensive manner. The pull of the bridle 23 is directly sustained by the clips which are attached to the loops I9 and the latter engaged with the ends of the sticks Il and l2. This arrangement provides a structure which may be economically manufactured and readily collapsed and easily and quickly put together.

The foregoing description of the invention is explanatory thereof and various changes in the size, shape and materials, as well as in the details of the illustrated construction may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit .of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A `collapsible kite including, cross sticks pivoted together at a common point, a cord frame, loops formed in portions of the cord frame engaging the ends of some of the sticks, clips securing the cord of the frame to form the loops, and a membrane ksecured to the cord frame.

2. A collapsible kite as set forth in claim l, with a cord bridle extending from the clips and tied into loops at the medial portion of the kite.

k3. A collapsible kite as set forth in claim 1, with a cord hanger extending from the lower clips of the kite.

4. A collapsible kite `as set forth in .claim 1,

with a cord bridle extending from the clips and tied into loops at the medial portion 0f the kite, and a cord hanger extending from the lower clips of the kite.

5. A collapsible kite including; a single oord disposed to form a frame, a bridle and a tail hanger; a membrane secured to the frame; loops made of portions of the cord frame; clips conning the cord at the loops; and cross sticks engaged with the cord frame, at least two of said sticks having their ends engaged in the loops.

6. A collapsible kite as set forth in claim 5, wherein the bridle and hanger have their ends secured in the clips.

7. A collapsible kite including, a single cord disposed in 'a six-point frame, loops made at certain points of the frame, clips securing the loops, cross sticks having their ends engaging theframe cord, at least two of said sticks engaging in the loops, and a membrane secured on the frame free from the loops and the sticks.

8. A kite as set forth in claim 7, wherein the clips comprise paper members having gobs of plastic attached thereto in which the cord is embedded.

9. A kite as set forth in claim '7, wherein the single cord is extended from the clips and looped to form a bridle.

l0. A .kite as set forth in claim 7, wherein the clips comprise paper members having gobs of plastic attached thereto in which the cord is embedded, `and also wherein the cord is extended from the gobs of the clips to form a bridle.

RAMSEY M. COX.

.No references cited. 

